The Bavarian Herald Jörg Rügen around 1510. Public Domain in the US

The July 2026 Letter of Acceptances and Returns has been published. Here are the results for Calontir.

CALONTIR acceptances

Ajax of Villa Frumentaria. Name (see RETURNS for device).

Villa Frumentaria is the registered name of an SCA branch.

Aleit de la Thomme. Badge. Sable, a polypus inverted and on a chief wavy argent three amphorae inverted bendwise sable.

Ana Dionisa de Sanabria y Ribero. Name (see RETURNS for device).

The submitter requested authenticity for “Anything found to make this more appropriate for the 16th century.” Commenters were able to document all elements between 1570-1590 Spain. Therefore, this name fulfills that request.

Ása Smiðr. Name change from Ása lúfa.

Both name elements can be found in the Landnámabók, making this a nice name for 9th-11th century Old Norse from Iceland!

The submitter’s prior name, Ása lúfa, is retained as an alternate.

Attikos Drakontos. Device. Gules, a chevron Or surmounted by a scythe blade argent.

Devis in le Breres. Device. Per pale vert and sable, three lozenges conjoined in pale between two sprigs of blackberry, a bordure argent.

This device was pended on the March LoAR to redraw the lozenges larger so that they are clearly the primary charges.

Fiachán mac Eochadha. Name.

Submitted as Fiachán __ Gough, this name combines an Irish Gaelic given name dated to 787 CE, and an Anglicized Irish byname dated to 1287 CE. Per SENA Appendix C, the two languages are compatible, but are not in the same naming group. Therefore, the temporal gap can be no larger than 300 years, which is less than the temporal gap recorded here. After discussion with the submitter, we have changed this to the entirely Gaelic name Fiachán mac Eochadha.

Magdolna Biała. Name and device. Per chevron azure and vert, a ram rampant Or.

This name combines a Hungarian given name with a Polish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.

Rebekah the Fierce. Name and device. Azure, a cross and on a chief Or three four-leaved shamrocks slipped vert.

Submitted using the Legal Name Allowance for the given name, the submitter need not rely on that. The name Rebekah can be found in the Book of Common Prayer, dated to at least 1637 CE.

Reinhardt Barnsdale. Exchange of device and badge. Gules, a broad-arrow Or between a pair of stag’s attires palewise argent.

The submitter’s prior device, Purpure, on a half-moon knife Or a wolf statant sable, is now a badge.

Robert of Wittenberg. Alternate name Malcolm Robertson and badge. Sable semy of tulips slipped and leaved argent, in pale a dove rising and a fleur-de-lis Or.

Nice 14th century Scots name!

Robert of Wittenberg. Badge for Malcolm Robertson. (Fieldless) A dog passant maintaining a tulip slipped and leaved Or.

CALONTIR returns

Ajax of Villa Frumentaria. Device. Per saltire sable and gules, a winged domestic cat passant Or.

This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Percival ap Gwilym Trefynwy, (Fieldless) An opinicus passant Or. There is a DC for the field, but as the only differences between a winged cat and an opinicus are the changes to the head and tail, with the wings, paws and bodies the same, there is no DC between a winged cat and an opinicus. We decline at to rule at this time whether there is a DC between a winged cat and a griffin.

Ana Dionisa de Sanabria y Ribero. Device. Azure, a hare sejant reguardant and in chief a mullet of six points argent.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Freygerðr in stórráða Halladóttir, Azure, a rabbit sejant erect reguardant and in chief a needle fesswise argent. There is a DC for the change in type of secondary charge, but nothing for the difference between the postures sejant erect and sejant per SENA Appendix L1a.

Tófa in eldra Eiríksdóttir. Badge. Per pale azure and argent, a linden tree eradicated and counterchanged argent and vert, a bordure embattled and counterchanged argent and azure.

This device is returned for conflict with the device of Roewynne Langley, Per pale azure and argent, a rowan tree, eradicated and sundered in pale, counterchanged argent and vert. There is a DC for the addition of the bordure, but nothing for the difference between the two trees.

The Bavarian Herald Jörg Rügen around 1510. Public Domain in the US

The June 2026 Letter of Acceptances and Returns has been published. Here are the results for Calontir.

CALONTIR acceptances

Alexander Kirke. Name change from Rauðbjorn Ágeirsson.

The submitter’s prior name, Rauðbjorn Ágeirsson, is released.

Berakha bat Mira v’Shlomo. Badge. (Fieldless) A winged seal erect contourny vert.

Dýrfinna Tonnudóttir. Alternate name Dionisia Coke.

Submitted as Diot Coke, this name runs afoul of SENA PN2E – Obtrusive Modernity: Something is said to be obtrusively modern when it makes a modern joke or reference that destroys medieval ambience and drags the average person mentally back to the present day. Obtrusiveness can be either in the written form or when spoken. A period name that has a modern referent will not generally be considered obtrusively modern. Only extreme examples will be returned.

While this is a period name, and can be dated as such in its entirety to 1379, it sounds exactly like the modern brand name Diet Coke. Thus, this is an extreme case that would warrant a return. That said, the submitter also stated that they would accept the given names of Diota or Dionisia. The difference between Diot and Diota is, in our opinion, not sufficient to remove the obtrusive modernity, while Dionisia is. We have therefore changed this name to Dionisia Coke for registration.

Epodacus of Villa Frumentaria. Badge. Per fess vert and azure, a fess embattled Or, in base a horse rampant reguardant argent.

Nice cant on the prototheme Epo-, meaning horse.

Eyrún Silfrahárr. Name.

Fǎ Huì Zhēn. Name.

Nice name from the Song Dynasty period!

Gearóid Ó Cléirigh. Name.

Nice Early Modern Irish Gaelic name!

Gordon MacGreghere. Name and device. Azure, a mullet Or, on a chief argent three lions passant gules.

While Gordon is the submitter’s legal given name, they need not rely on the Legal Name Allowance: FamilySearch Historical Records show that the given name can be found in England in the 16th century, and English and Scots are part of the same regional naming group.

Ishihara Atsuyori. Name.

Kjaran Hrœreksson. Alternate name Chiaro Zan Battocchio.

Nikolai Gornostai Spiach’ev. Alternate name Ambrose de Gylpyn.

CALONTIR returns

Vercingetorix of the Treveri. Device. Per pale and chaussé vert and Or, a tree blasted and eradicated counterchanged.

This device is returned for conflict with the devices of Willow de Wisp, Per pale vert and Or, a weeping willow tree eradicated sable fimbriated Or, leaved counterchanged and David Wodeward atte Hethe Per pale vert and Or, a tree counterchanged. There is a single DC for the change to the field from per pale to per pale and chaussé, but per SENA A5F1b the lines of division are not substantially changed as both fields share the two-part per pale line of division.

The Bavarian Herald Jörg Rügen around 1510. Public Domain in the US

The May 2026 Letter of Acceptances and Returns has been published. Here are the results for Calontir.

CALONTIR acceptances

Alexander the Red. Device. Gules semy of flames, a phoenix and a bordure Or.

Ameline de Coity. Device. Argent, a bear statant erect proper vested of an apron Or maintaining a frying pan between three triskelions of spirals azure.

There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.

Astrid Arrowbreaker. Name (see PENDS for device).

The byname Arrowbreaker is a lingua Societatis translation of a constructed Norse byname following the pattern of [breakable object] + brjótr.

Derilei of Ce. Name.

Submitted as Der-Ilei of Ce, no evidence can be found for a period spelling of the given name that includes a hyphen. Therefore, we have changed this to Derilei of Ce for registration.

Eoin Ó Nualláin. Name and device. Argent, on a cross between four swords gules a lion passant between four martlets argent.

Erzebet Fauconneau. Name change from Elspeth Fauconneau.

The byname Fauconneau is registered to the submitter and is used here under the Existing Registration Allowance.

The submitter’s prior name, Elspeth Fauconneau, is retained as an alternate.

Ise no Kusunoki Kametsuru. Reblazon of device. Per fess purpure and argent, a crane migrant in roundel argent and a turtle inverted vert.

Blazoned when registered in September of 2022 as Per fess purpure and argent, a demi-crane displayed argent and a turtle inverted vert, the crane is a depiction of a complete rather than a demi-bird.

Jorunna Refsdottir. Badge. (Fieldless) A fox segreant gules winged and transfixed by a spear fesswise reversed argent.

Nice cant on refr meaning fox!

Kamiizumi Hirotaro. Reblazon of device. Argent, a crane migrant in roundel purpure.

Blazoned when registered in April of 2016 as Argent, a Japanese crane displayed purpure, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.

Kamiizumi Hirotaro. Reblazon of badge. (Fieldless) On a triangle inverted argent a crane migrant in roundel purpure.

Blazoned when registered in April of 2016 as (Fieldless) On a triangle inverted argent a Japanese crane displayed purpure, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.

Melkorka viligísl. Name and device. Purpure, a knot of two hearts voided and braced to form a single cord, in chief three forget-me-nots argent.

Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!

Nikolai Gornostai Spiach’ev. Alternate name Büyük {S,}eker bin Hamamc{i} Cihangir.

The Da’ud notation {i} represents a dotless i, a letter that is common in Turkic alphabets representing a close back unrounded vowel sound that does not exist in English, but sounds similar to the e sound in open.

Ottar Langfótr. Name.

Ragnar MacArthur. Name change from Ragnar MacCrimmon.

The given name Ragnar is registered to the submitter and is used here under the Existing Registration Allowance.

The submitter’s prior name, Ragnar MacCrimmon, is retained as an alternate.

Sigurd Godwinsson. Device. Sable, in pale a drakkar its sails furled and a serpent nowed Or.

Simone de Mares. Badge. (Fieldless) A natural sea-tortoise bendwise sinister vert.

Viktor von Rosswald. Device. Potent en pointe, a stag rampant contourny sable, a bordure Or.

CALONTIR returns

Hálfdan á Ullarbólstaði. Name change from Yamamoto Masamune and device change. Per pale Or and argent, two rams combattant sable.

This name and device change have been withdrawn by the submitter.

CALONTIR pends

Astrid Arrowbreaker. Device. Azure, a unicorn rampant argent, in chief a mullet of four points Or between two mullets of four points argent.

This device is pended to redraw the mullets to be the same size as each other. As drawn currently, the differing sizes detract from the appearance of the charge group acting as a single visual unit as required by SENA Appendix I.

This was item 3 on the Calontir letter of February 4, 2026.